Insights and field notes

Ideas that help you make the next decision.

Perspectives on regulation, waste systems and circularity. From the obligation on paper to the work it requires.

Bulk waste generators: start with the system, then build the dashboard.

Five questions to resolve before digitising a building's or municipality's waste programme.

Build the baseline, delivery model and continuity plan before choosing the intervention.

Your EU buyer says you must register for packaging EPR in Europe. Maybe. And often not. Here is the legal test that decides it.

Eight parallel EPR streams, each with its own rules and certificate market. Most mid-sized companies are obligated in three and registered in one.

India's EPR system runs on tradeable certificates. It is a real market, with real fraud risk. Here is how diligence separates proof from promises.